Mirna Alsharif is a breaking news reporter for NBC News based in New York City.
Be sure to get your tickets! The Powerball and Mega Millions Powerball jackpots are now at a combined $1.9 billion. The lottery prizes swelled after no tickets matched all six numbers in drawings on Friday and Saturday night. The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $1.1 billion and the Powerball jackpot rose to $800 million; the prizes were $977 million and $750 million respectively on Wednesday night.
The Mega Millions numbers will be drawn again Monday night, and it would be the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history. Two tickets purchased in California split the last Mega Millions prize on Dec. 8. It is the only lottery game that has risen to the billion-dollar zone six times, according to a news release. So far, five jackpots over $1 billion have been awarded: in South Carolina in 2018, Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, and Maine and Florida in 2023.
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